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Hidden Hills, California

Hidden Hills is a suburb of about 1,700 people in Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles area. It has lost about 3% of its people since 2020. The nearest metro area of about a million people or more, Los Angeles, is about 17 miles away as the crow flies.

Suburb of Los Angeles

Population
1,675
down 2.6% since 2020
Typical home, 2020-24
$2,000,000 or more
Los Angeles County prices up 11% since 2022
Household income
$250,000 or more
U.S.: $80,734
Prices, Los Angeles area
113.6
U.S. average = 100
Emergency room
3 miles
West Hills, CA
To Los Angeles
17 mi
straight line

The book's checklist

  • Lower cost of livingEveryday prices run 13.6% above the U.S. average in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area.
  • More house for the moneyThe Census survey didn't reach enough homes in Hidden Hills to say.
  • A safer neighborhood1 violent crime was reported in 2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 people (U.S.: 3.3). Property crime: 3.6 per 1,000 (U.S.: 15.3).
  • Schools in town3 public schools: 1 elementary, 1 middle and 1 high school.
  • A hospital close byUcla West Valley Medical Center in West Hills, about 3 miles away, has the nearest emergency room.
  • Within reach of a big cityLos Angeles is about 17 miles away as the crow flies. The book suggests staying within about 60 miles if you'll miss big-city sports, concerts and theater.

A check means Hidden Hills meets the rule of thumb from Frank and Dave's book. An empty box isn't a deal breaker: it's something to weigh for your family. A question mark means there isn't enough data.

What kind of town

A suburb, not a stand-alone small town

Hidden Hills runs into the built-up area around Los Angeles (Census Bureau, 2020 urban areas). We include suburbs under 20,000 people because some still feel like small towns, but daily life here is closer to the suburbs than to the towns Frank and Dave's book describes. Weigh it against towns farther out.

The book sorts small towns into six types. These labels come only from the numbers; take the quiz to see which type fits your family.

For a lifetime

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024
$2,000,000 or moreU.S.: $332,700
Home prices since then
Up 11%Los Angeles County, 2022 to 2025
Typical household income
$250,000 or moreU.S.: $80,734
Typical property tax bill
$10,000 or more a yearCalifornia: $5,124
Homes built before 1940
0%U.S.: 12%
Homes built since 2010
8%U.S.: 11%
Vacation and seasonal homes
0%U.S.: 3%
Everyday prices
113.6U.S. average = 100 (the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 11% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area, not Hidden Hills alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2025 estimate
1,6752020: 1,719
Median age
47.7 yearsU.S.: 38.9
Age 65 and older
20%U.S.: 17%
Under 18
25%U.S.: 22%
Moved here from another county or state in the past year
2%U.S.: 6%
College students
5%share of all residents

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work
Finance, insurance and real estate (22%); professional and business services (22%); information and media (19%)
Unemployment rate
2%U.S.: 5%
Work from home
37%U.S.: 15%
Below the poverty line
9%U.S.: 12%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: Ucla West Valley Medical Center, West Hills, CA, about 3 miles away. It's a general hospital. Medicare gives it 2 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

3 public schools in Hidden Hills, run by Las Virgenes Unified and El Camino Real Charter High District.

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on California's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with cable, fiber or DSL internet
87%U.S.: 76%
Homes with any internet subscription
100%U.S.: 91%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low
43°F
July average high
95°F
Days 90°F or hotter
115 a year
Nights at or below freezing
11 a year
Rain and melted snow
16.4 inches a year
Snow
0 inches a year
Elevation
1,090 feet

Weather station: Woodland Hills Pierce College (5 miles away). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: Ucla West Valley Medical Center, Simi Valley, Los Angeles.

Los Angeles County is in a metro area of 1 million people or more (USDA rural-urban code 1, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).

For a day

National Park Service sites within about an hour:

  • Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area1 mile
  • Channel Islands National Park35 miles

Read about Hidden Hills's history on Wikipedia.

Know Hidden Hills?

Tell us what a visitor shouldn't miss, and what living there is really like. Write to Main Street at mainstreet@smalltownguide.com. The best notes from people who know the town will be added here.

Nearby

Straight-line miles.

Small towns

Smaller places

  • Bell Canyon, CA (unincorporated)2,177 people, 3 miles
  • Santa Susana, CA (unincorporated)1,235 people, 7 miles
  • Lake Sherwood, CA (unincorporated)1,633 people, 13 miles

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025)
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates
  3. Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions)
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. FBI, Crime in the United States, Table 8 (offenses known to law enforcement by city)
  6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information
  7. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal)
  8. National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024
  9. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020
  10. U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program
  11. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places listings
  12. National Park Service, park unit boundaries
  13. USDA Economic Research Service, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  14. U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Gazetteer files and 2020 urban areas

Census survey figures are estimates with a margin of error; we leave out any figure whose margin is too wide to be useful. Data last gathered October 5, 2026. See something wrong? Write to mainstreet@smalltownguide.com.